PLAY CRAWL LEADER BIO'S
jEFF nEUMAN
Jeffrey Neuman is an award-winning playwright whose work has been performed at theaters, festivals, and universities across the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. His plays have been produced and/or developed by Denver Center Theatre Company, Cherry Creek Theatre, The Catamounts, Benchmark Theatre, LaMaMa Experimental Theatre Club, National Public Radio, and the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival, among many others. He is a Heideman Award Finalist, an O’Neill Center Finalist, cofounder of Colorado’s Rough Draught Playwrights, and the Colorado Regional Ambassador for the Dramatists Guild of America.
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Susy hickey
Susy Hickey loves theatre and is honored to have been part of The Play Crawl from the beginning. Created and developed by Susan Lyles and And Toto, too, The Play Crawl is a unique fundraiser that embraces everything “magical” about the theatre. Susy wishes to thank Susan and company for supporting women playwrights.
doug blondin
Doug has been coming to The Play Crawl since the beginning and became a play crawl leader in 2013. He might be a familiar face as he's all around town seeing 140 to 200 plays a year. In his spare time, Doug reads (including play scripts for theatres), does genealogy, cycles, visits National Parks & other scenic areas, and rides steam trains (Cumbes & Toltec, Durango Silverton)
harrison lyles-smith
Harrison is a freshman at the University of Northern Colorado. They are an AEC, and are SAG eligible. His work includes, Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Aurora Fox), Jerusalem (Edge Theatre), Medea (Edge Theatre), Appropriate (Curious Theatre), A Chorus Line (Denver School of the Arts), Radium Girls (Denver School of the Arts), A Scouts Guide to Brutal Honesty, and Blow Ins (And Toto too) Film credits include: Liam, 7th Son, Son of Lies and Whispers, Second String Villians, the feature film The Engagement Plot, and the indie short film Reed Gig. They would like to thank all their friends and family for their support.
KYLIE WILLIAMS
Kylie is 17, is a recent theatre alum of Denver School of the Arts and is excited to begin earning her BA (Hons) in European Theatre Arts at Rose Bruford College in the fall. Recent Credits include Superfreak- Props designer, makeup designer and Ensemble; She Kills Monsters- Lilith; The Book of Will- Anne Hathaway Shakespeare and Ensemble; Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen - Woman. She would like to thank And Toto too for the opportunity to participate in sharing this wonderful artform.
DARREN SMITH
Darren is a successful business owner, stage designer and filmmaker. He has been a crawl leader since the first Play Crawl in 2011. Success is a result of tenacity, and a willingness to fail and learn from those experiences. Darren Smith’s bio is likely the only one you will read where the word “fail” appears four times.Darren’s approach to filmmaking comes from more than 30 years of experience both on-stage and in almost every capacity behind the scenes in theatre, along with 20+ years as the co-founder of the leading B2B customer reference software company Point of Reference. How do these translate to filmmaking? Preparation, organization, problem solving, and applying a mantra from software development to filmmaking: fail fast, fail forward. Or put another way: Fail - Analyze - Improve - Repeat. Originally from Birmingham, England, Darren Smith has made Denver Colorado his home for the last 25 years. Since 2016 he has directed more than 25 short films, garnering awards including nomination for Best Film at the London 48 Hour Film Project. His aim with storytelling is to immerse the audience in situations that feel familiar to them, even if they have never personally experienced the exact scenario that is unfolding on the screen. They should see themselves or someone they know reflected back to them, and through these stories gain a little more insight into the beautiful, inevitably flawed, human condition. Oh, and he is thankful that when his ego surfaces his actor-producer wife knocks it swiftly back into its proper place!
jeffrey wolf
Jeffrey Wolf is a playwright from Centennial and theaters all over the world have produced his plays. He recently wrote a murder mystery for the Aurora History Museum and Northglenn Arts performed his children's play, The Worst Play in the History of Ever. He thinks the play crawl is amazing! jeffreywolfplays.com.
camden lyles-smith
Camden is a Senior at Colorado School of the Mines studying Computer Science. While at the Denver School of the Arts he studied Creative Writing and graduated with honors. Camden has worked on many films with Ruff, Ruff Dog Productions doing production sound design amongst other things. He was also a writer for Hoodminds Produtions. When not studying hard enough to graduate a semester early he enjoys working on cars.
carol timblin
Carol Timblin (She/Her) has been working with Denver area Theatres since 1984. A graduate of Denver’s Loretto Heights College, she has worked with many Denver-area theater groups: The Changing Scene, Fox Theater, Germinal Stage, One Night Stand Theatre, And Toto too and most recently at Benchmark Theatre. When not acting, Carol can be found behind the scenes doing theater stage and production management. In her free time, Carol can be found hiking, walking her dog, gardening and doing fiber art.
Madison Kuebler
Madison is so excited to be back home in the theatre world and is honored to be working with And Toto too for the Queer Reading Series as their Assistant Artistic Director. She's worked as a sound designer, actor, and director for various companies in Denver over the last 10 years. She has a BA in Theatre from Metropolitan State University with a Minor in Women's Studies and is very passionate about telling stories from and about the Queer and LGBTIA+ community. She works in Death Care and currently works for a company passionate about conserving land to create eco-friendly memorial forests. She is also a certified Death Doula.